Travel Blogs from Tucson

We began our big adventure with a 7:30 PM British Air flight to Barcelona via London from Phoenix Sky Harbor. We got to the airport very early, after parking our car for five weeks at the Holiday Inn Express, where we will spend the night when we return. We love this hotel! At the airport we went to the British Air Club and I spent all of my time emailing as many contacts as possible that I had been hacked by Zorpia! I had gotten a request from our program director for our Spanish ...

... Of note, we will wrap up our southern Arizona winter, departing next Monday for northern Arizona to explore the slot canyons and then into southern Utah to visit a couple National Parks before heading ...

... with clean laundry facilities and rest rooms, but it is right next to I-10, with the train tracks on the other side. Very noisy all night long.

The most exciting attraction we saw this time was Old Tucson. It is an old western movie set that was built in 1939 for the movie Arizona, starring William Holden. It's been added to over the years and there have been several movies and televison shows filmed there including Tombstone, Three Amigos, ...

... Not a lot happened on this day. We spent it mostly in the car. The road trip was pretty fun. It's nice spending a day driving through unfamiliar territory, not really knowing exactly where you're going next or what you're going to do. When we arrived in Amarillo, we went for a walk, had a traditional Mexican barbecue for dinner and then checked out the famous Cadillac Ranch on Route 66 in Amarillo. Cadillac ranch is a roadside attraction along historical Route ...

... They are all able to be ready to fly within a week… rows and rows of F14, F 16, F 100, rows of helicopters, large planes, jet engines… I can’t remember all the names; we got so many different names told. Best of all those planes sitting there are worth 43 Billion US $ - in case you wonder where the tax money goes… with 2 planes there each costing a little bit over 1 Bill US $ - no that’s a deal. Last ...